Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

This is a labyrinthine, hybrid city, under the control of the 'system' controller, Kama. If you don't follow the rules, you will definitely fail. It's that simple.

Then, Kama, expressionless, stretched out his arms and released magic from his hands.

As she moved, the ceiling of the third labyrinth opened up in a winding, undulating manner, revealing a blood-red sky reminiscent of the underworld in Hindu mythology. Then, as the entire third labyrinth twisted and deformed to one side, it gradually transformed into a completely different form.

The next instant, Ashuras began to fall in freefall from the spiraling ceiling, as if the entire maze had turned into a huge darkness, about to devour everyone inside from the inside.

"Please drink it quickly!"

Feeling that this was the perfect moment, Tamamo Aria quickly pulled a bottle from her chest, bit off the cap with her teeth, and handed it to Novia. If you looked closely, you could see a small lip print on the bottle opening.

Although Novia roughly understood Aria's little scheme, he still drank it, after all, he was originally going to break the Five Commandments.

Seeing her battle plan going so smoothly, Aria couldn't help but secretly make a V-sign. However, the next second she saw Jack, who had been calm, also pull out a bottle from his waist and hand it to Novia with a big smile.

"Mom, drink mine too."

Wait a minute, why does it look so similar? Is this guy also delivering chewing gum?!

Aria Tamamo's guess was correct. Her actions were certainly noticed by Jack and Parvati, but Parvati thought, "It's good to be young," while Jack thought, "Can I do that too?"

Originally, this was supposed to be Aria's unique skill. However, this is London. After Fa, there was an inherent barrier related to London for Novia: the "Malignant City of Babylon, the Foggy London". He is the only sun, and Jack is the only "person" existing in it.

In short, Jack can still find information about 'London' if she tries hard enough. Even though London has merged with Ooku, she still learned Aria's kuchikami sake without being taught, despite having had a lot of contact with her.

"...They both...drank them? Since they're not Chaldea's Masters, oh well, a little bit of alcohol is barely acceptable..."

Kama, who was watching the whole process, frowned. Her goal was not really to kill these people, but to break the precepts smoothly. Otherwise, she would not have taken so long. As long as the five Buddhist precepts were broken, that would be enough.

This place was originally built for depravity. Once you break the four precepts, you will be considered a Tokugawa shogun. Once you become a shogun, you will be placed on the highest-level arrest warrant of Scotland Yard, which naturally includes legal punishments for sexual misconduct. Therefore, from another perspective, breaking the four precepts will also lead to breaking the five precepts.

"Who exactly is that guy...?"

After glancing at Novia, whom she still couldn't see clearly, Kama frowned again and disappeared; this was originally one of her clones.

For some reason, Kama felt an inexplicable unease whenever he saw wine being drunk by something unseen.

With the disappearance of Kama and Novia breaking her vow of abstinence from alcohol, the changes in the third level of the labyrinth also disappeared. The Ashuras that appeared then, just like the police and female officials before them, performed the Ashura-style kneeling and worship of the gods or queens before Novia, just as the chief and general had done before.

"Phew, thankfully it's resolved."

Ritsuka, relieved, assumed that the sake Jack and Aria had given her must have been something they found randomly in the dungeon.

In order to test whether her chewed liquor would still be effective for Novia after being mixed with Jack's chewed liquor, Aria made a bold move without thinking.

First, she quickly walked up to Novia, then stretched out her smooth cheek to touch his right palm, while making a low humming sound.

The next instant, he put his index finger in his mouth again, which caused Ritsuka, who saw this, to let out a shrill scream.

"……what?!"

Compared to Novia, who was drinking, it was Tamamo Aria who seemed to have lost her mind.

"Hehe, Mr. Novia, it's alright, it's just to smell your scent..."

The pink-haired girl swayed her body with a dreamy expression, "Mmm, it's so nice to have a tongue."

"Jack, I want my mom to be like that too!"

Seeing that the opportunity was too good to pass up, the silver-haired girl who had been watching everything blurted out and moved closer.

Incidentally, Aria found it hard to accept her own behavior of acknowledging her mount as her master, but she couldn't suppress the 'delicious taste', so she seemed to be saying, 'Well, it doesn't really matter, this isn't a bad thing, let's just leave it like this for now,' with her eyes and body acting as if she was being difficult.

"W-What should we do, Miss Parvati? Isn't this a bit strange..."

Bewildered or shocked by Jack and Aria's direct actions, Ritsuka frantically called out to the only outsider.

"How should I put it? Although I am not the god of love, it reminds me of my past with Da Tian."

Parvati laughed and patted Ritsuka on the shoulder. "They were just drunk and letting off some steam. I think you can do it too, Ritsuka. You have to be brave to win!"

"...Could you please have Ms. Kasuga come out?"

"This is something that Kasuga Tsubone finds too difficult to accept, so she is unwilling to come out."

"Really..."

Remembering that she had just said she would protect Novia and her wife's relationship, and now things had suddenly turned out like this, Ritsuka felt really tired. Moving forward was not an option, nor was running away.

"Let's end this first."

Novia felt that the two people beside her had almost run out of time, so she decided to deal with the matter here first. She picked up Jack and Aria and swung them around, intending to help them regain their senses.

At the same time, the door to the next level of the maze opened from the inside, and a black-haired girl walked out with an indifferent expression, staring at Aria and Jack as if the shopkeeper had discovered a thief stealing something.

"...I can't stand it anymore. I've been waiting downstairs for so long, and I even changed my clothes. I didn't expect you two to just sit here and enjoy the benefits. Don't you know what first come, first served?"

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Chapter 379 Parvati: Mother, are you going to betray Father?!

"It's Yuan Yuan? You're still alive? That's great! If you had died, Jack wouldn't have been able to give Mom his present."

"Get out of here, Jixiangyuan!"

Faced with the black-haired girl who swaggered out of the fourth level of the maze with her arms crossed, Aria, perhaps intimidated by her aura, subconsciously let go of Novia's hand, which had been clinging to her. She then stormed up to Kichijou and pointed at him with a single finger, gritting her teeth.

As for Jack, she continued talking, and in a sense, she was still in an 'invincible' state.

"If you hadn't betrayed me, how could I have been so mentally corrupted by that Indian guy! And now he even has the nerve to show his face in front of me!"

"Wow? Isn't this Tamamo who planned to use every man as a mount? How come she hasn't even gotten a mount yet, and she's already going to become Lord Novia's mount? Lord Sun God will cry."

Kichijou waved his hand dismissively, "How embarrassing."

Being treated this way by Kichijoin made Tamamo Aria literally tremble with anger and coldness. Especially after her emotions were exposed, she became even angrier. Although Aria's personality is the scheming type, she was hard to maintain her composure after being attacked by Jack and Kichijoin, and then being corrupted by Kama's mind by her infatuated behavior towards Novia, whom she had only met recently.

"Are you kidding me? Who would want to be a human's mount? Especially a male one! Humans, especially males, are of no use whatsoever except for being obediently ridden and discarded at will by me!"

"is that true?"

"Of course!"

"Oh, is that so?"

As Kichijou-in finished speaking, a mischievous smile crept across his face. "Then I'll take it."

Before Aria's expression could change, Kichijoin rushed to Novia, hugged her from behind, and sniffed her.

The next moment, Tamamo Aria turned around and glared at Kichijoin with a bitter expression, but her face showed no concern.

She probably knows she regrets it now and understands what to do, since she's already said it... It's all Kichijoin's fault, she's really shameless, that damned brat!

"If Little Jack is a puppy, then I'm a kitten right now. My animalistic instincts and jealousy are mixed together, and in this ecstasy, I feel like my body is collapsing. I really can't describe this feeling... Meow meow meow!"

The desires that had been suppressed until now were now being displayed explosively, and these were the most active days for Kichijoin since the burning of Humanity.

"Does Yuanyuan have to treat her mother like that too?"

"Hehe, Jack, you can call me Mom now. It's all about first come, first served."

Jack realized that Kichijoin's words were not a joke, but a serious statement.

As expected, the Dean is a very troublesome person.

So Jack concluded that perhaps her relationship with her mother was deeper, which made him very unhappy.

"...No, Jack only has one mother, not you, Yuan Yuan."

However, the next second, Kichijouin and Jack were picked up by Novia and handed over to Parvati, just like Aria had been picked up earlier.

"Let's talk about all this after the incident is over."

Novia looked at the three of them with some helplessness, then continued to Ritsuka and Parvati, "According to the rules, you shouldn't steal the ring on the next level. As usual, I'll take care of it."

"Ok?"

Kichijouin, who was being lifted up by Parvati with one hand, looked puzzled upon hearing this, "Following the path they predicted for us will definitely lead to a bad ending, Novia-sama. You should know this much better than I do."

"But wouldn't it be the same if you went first, Yuan Yuan?"

Jack, who was in Parvati's other hand, immediately began to retort.

"It's not the same, it's because my abilities are currently limited, so I have no choice but to follow—"

"In short, you can't have any objections to what Mom does, or Jack will kill you."

Kichijouin just twitched his lips when Jack glared at him fiercely, but he didn't take it too seriously. As for Ritsuka, who was standing to the side, she couldn't help but complain in her heart.

The advisor—no, the female servant in Novia's shadow—isn't going to come out and explain herself? How old is she? It's really strange that she has this kind of personality. Is this some kind of weird plot and character design in a manga?

Even now, Ritsuka still believes that the reason Novia is called "Mom" by Jack is because there are female Servants among those shadows. This is normal, since the term "Mom" is generally associated with women. It's just that this Jack is a bit special.

But Ritsuka thought about it again. In any case, once this singularity is over, it will be difficult to see these girls again. Since they won't have much time together and Novia hasn't refused, she should encourage her advisor elsewhere to bravely refuse these Servants who didn't come for him, for the sake of his family.

"Let's leave it at that for now. After all, that's how the maze is structured, and there's nothing we can do about it."

"I have a feeling that you, Lady Novia, are breaking the rules on purpose..."

Kichijouin seemed to have thought of something, glanced at Ritsuka next to Novia, and immediately pouted unhappily, "They're the same type, but they're treated so differently. It's really hard to accept... But the last ring can't be broken."

She probably mistakenly thought that Novia's repeated breaking of rules was just to find a good reason for her 'unavoidable' actions with Ritsuka in the end.

"The final precept, I remember it's the precept against sexual misconduct, right? What does that mean? Miss Yuanyuan, Aria told me you successfully reached Mother, right? Can you explain it to me?"

Parvati asked, sounding slightly anxious.

"Mother? You are the daughter of Kama? You are the Indian goddess Parvati, right? You do look somewhat like her... Let me tell you why the Ooku and Scotland Yard in London were established, and why the Tokugawa shoguns were arrested."

Kichijou smiled faintly.

"As things stand, breaking the four precepts would be equivalent to being a Tokugawa shogun, because only a shogun could be so unrestrained in the inner palace. But as for sexual misconduct, perhaps Kama had some reservations, so he chose to let the Scotland Yard police system make the judgment. Think about it, if you were a Tokugawa shogun of this era, it would be impossible for you not to break the five precepts, right? And such a person, once prosecuted in Scotland Yard, would be impossible to escape trial, right?"

"But there are also very young children among the Tokugawa shoguns, and it would be difficult for someone of the shogun's status to commit theft."

"Parvati, you make a very good point."

Kichijou nodded nonchalantly.

"However, for this hybrid 'system,' it doesn't matter whether these mistakes were made or not. What matters is that you are the Tokugawa Shogun, so you will definitely be punished. In a way, it can be considered an arrogant judgment. As long as you are the Shogun, you will definitely make these mistakes."

"Who can blame them? The Tokugawa era has come to an end. The status of the Ooku is completely inferior to that of Scotland Yard. The old guard can only be judged like this. This is the judgment from the Chief Justice of Scotland Yard, Parvati, your mother, the goddess of love, Kama."

"The...the director?!"

Scotland Yard itself is neither located in Scotland nor responsible for the security of Scotland. It was only because a back door was opened in the London Metropolitan Police in 1829, which faced a street called "Great Scotland Yard," that the back door became the public entrance to the Metropolitan Police. "Scotland Yard" gradually became synonymous with the London Police, and the Commissioner of Scotland Yard was the highest authority in charge of Scotland Yard.

The forces maintaining order in the London area existed as early as the Roman era. The site of the police station, which is now the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Department, was originally a Roman fortress and may have been the location of London's earliest police force.

"Perhaps it was because she loved 'London' that London appointed her as its head."

At this point, Kichijouin kicked Jack with his foot, "Jack, you're a local, you should be able to sense that, right?"

"Yes, that goddess Kama truly loves everything in London, whether it's beautiful or ugly, she treats it all the same. Mother is saving the future, but that goddess Kama is saving London in this time period."

In 1893, England was still renowned worldwide for its "empire on which the sun never sets," and the last rays of the Victorian era still lingered. It was the best of times and the worst of times, but for the people living in poverty, it was not so for them at all.

East London at the end of the 19th century had the poorest population in all of England. However, this was not the fault of the locals. In the context of the times, life was like that of slaves. They were extremely poor, the food was very coarse, there were no stable jobs, and it was difficult to create any wealth. As individuals, they could not change this reality.

Economic, social, regional, and personal factors all have different impacts on different individuals in different regions and at different times. Sometimes they are even intertwined, thus creating unspeakable poverty.

The infamous Jack the Ripper case took place in the Whitechapel area in East London. At that time, East London was undoubtedly a slum in the eyes of the British, so people who could not even guarantee their livelihood were filled with hope and everything like Pandora's box.

All sorts of disasters and despair flowed in and accumulated, like sludge being continuously spilled.

Prostitutes, monsters both inside and out, sell their sex and use the money they earn to strangle the lives born from such acts. Their flesh and blood flow into rivers because factories discharge wastewater, and it doesn't matter if a little more unnecessary protein is added.

Those who are worthless are either killed or consumed in this system.

This is a 'vicious' system created by humankind during the course of development; the system itself is unable to recognize that it is wrong.

In other words, no one can save them.

However, in this singularity of the burning of human reason, the Hindu goddess who forcibly merged the foreign capital with Scotland Yard in London says this to the malignant city of today:

"There's no need to do those arduous tasks, no need to search for those irrelevant correct answers. I will grant all humanity endless depravity, and eternal satisfaction. Believe me, the fire of my love is capable of warming the entire universe with its own reserves—"

"Accept it, and let go. Then all misfortune will end."

Thus, Kama successfully took control of London and the inner palace, becoming the supreme leader of the system.

"I never expected my mother, who has such a personality, to be so serious."

After learning about Kama's actions from Kichijoin and Jack, Parvati found it hard to believe that Kama, who was usually so childlike, would do such a thing.

If that's the case, why did Da Tian refuse to leave the house when he came to apologize... He just had to hold a grudge inside, sigh...